2 Kings 11:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 11:5 : 5 And he commanded them, saying, This [is] the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
  • 2 Chr 23:6 : 6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they [are] holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

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  • 2 Kgs 11:5-6
    2 verses
    86%

    5And he commanded them, saying, This [is] the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

    6And a third part [shall be] at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

  • 2 Kgs 11:8-11
    4 verses
    83%

    8And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.

    9And the captains over the hundreds did according to all [things] that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

    10And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that [were] in the temple of the LORD.

    11And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, [along] by the altar and the temple.

  • 2 Chr 23:4-8
    5 verses
    79%

    4This [is] the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, [shall be] porters of the doors;

    5And a third part [shall be] at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people [shall be] in the courts of the house of the LORD.

    6But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they [are] holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

    7And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever [else] cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.

    8So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go [out] on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

  • Neh 7:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he [was] a faithful man, and feared God above many.

    3And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar [them]: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one [to be] over against his house.

  • 2 Chr 12:11
    76%

    11And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.

  • 2 Kgs 7:11
    75%

    11And he called the porters; and they told [it] to the king's house within.

  • 1 Kgs 14:28
    74%

    28And it was [so], when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.

  • Jer 17:24
    73%

    24And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;

  • Neh 4:22
    73%

    22Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

  • 1 Chr 9:23
    72%

    23So they and their children [had] the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, [namely], the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

  • 1 Chr 26:12
    72%

    12Among these [were] the divisions of the porters, [even] among the chief men, [having] wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 17:19
    72%

    19These waited on the king, beside [those] whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.

  • Jer 17:19-22
    4 verses
    72%

    19¶ Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

    20And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:

    21Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring [it] in by the gates of Jerusalem;

    22Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

  • Neh 13:19
    72%

    19And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and [some] of my servants set I at the gates, [that] there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

  • 2 Chr 23:10
    72%

    10And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.

  • Ezra 8:29
    71%

    29Watch ye, and keep [them], until ye weigh [them] before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.

  • Isa 62:6
    71%

    6¶ I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

  • Neh 4:16
    71%

    16¶ And it came to pass from that time forth, [that] the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers [were] behind all the house of Judah.

  • Neh 11:16
    71%

    16And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, [had] the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

  • Isa 21:6
    71%

    6For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

  • 1 Chr 9:27
    71%

    27And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [was] upon them, and the opening thereof every morning [pertained] to them.

  • 2 Chr 19:11
    70%

    11And, behold, Amariah the chief priest [is] over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites [shall be] officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.

  • Jer 22:2
    70%

    2And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:

  • Lev 8:35
    70%

    35Therefore shall ye abide [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.

  • Jer 21:11
    70%

    11And touching the house of the king of Judah, [say], Hear ye the word of the LORD;

  • Neh 12:45
    70%

    45And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, [and] of Solomon his son.

  • Jer 7:2
    70%

    2Stand in the gate of the LORD'S house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all [ye of] Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.

  • Ezek 44:14
    70%

    14But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

  • Ezek 46:3
    70%

    3Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.

  • 2 Chr 23:19
    70%

    19And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none [which was] unclean in any thing should enter in.

  • 2 Kgs 25:18
    70%

    18And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

  • Ezek 44:11
    70%

    11Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, [having] charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.

  • Lam 2:7
    70%

    7The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.

  • 2 Chr 8:14
    70%

    14And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

  • Isa 22:8
    69%

    8¶ And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

  • Nah 2:5
    69%

    5He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

  • Jer 17:27
    69%

    27But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

  • Ezra 7:27
    69%

    27¶ Blessed [be] the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put [such a thing] as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which [is] in Jerusalem: